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. B. TAYLOR.

JOINTED BRAUE FOR UARRIAGE TOPS.

Patented July 24, 1888.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRUCE TAYLOR, OF IVOOSTEB, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK W. MILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

' JOINTED BRACE FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,944, dated. July 24, 1883. Application filed March 12,1883. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, BRUCE TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concealed Jointed Braces for CarriageTops and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a sideview, showing the position of my improved brace. Fig. 2 is a detached I 5 view, showing the brace drawn partly down.

Fig. 3 is a detached View of joint-head.

Letters of like name and kind referto like parts in each of the figures.

The design of my invention is to provide a brace on the inside of the-bows, under the top lining and near enough to the lower edge to be operated conveniently by the hand; and its nature consists in providing a brace for the two rear bows of a carriage-top which shall be cheap and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, andin providing a curved or bent arm which extends around the joint in the center of said brace, and in providing a number of holes at one end of the arm.

In the drawings, A represents a joint-head, which is placed at the end of the arms a. The face of said joint-head is bent or curved, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to fit the surface of carriage-bows in common use. This joint-head is 3 5 provided with a rivet or bolt, C, which is passed through the hole D in the arm a, and

- then riveted or bolted to said arm in such a manner as to form a hinge or joint. This joint-head is held to the bows of a carriagetop by screws of suitable size. The arm a at one end is provided with a number of holes, which are for the purpose of forming different sizes of braces, the sizes being regulated by placing the jointshead A in the hole desired to form the size wanted. Said holes may be 5 one-half of an inch apart, or any other desired distance, and in case any'of the inner holes are used the outer ones are cut off.

The bent or curved arm B is formed on one of the arms a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is so arranged that the loose end of said bent or curved arm will strike the arm a when the brace assumes astraight position, as shown in Fig 1. This bent or curved arm B maybe used as a handle to operate the brace; but it is not designed to be used as a handle, but to pro tect the hand while operating the brace, and also to prevent the brace from turning up after the shoulders of the joint E have become worn from use. This bent or curved arm B maybe used for like purposes at other joints of a carriage-top.

In use the brace is placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, and isfor the purpose of preventing the top of a carriage from wrinkling between the rear bows. It will be seen that providing the end of one of the arms a with a number of holes, but one size of a brace of this kind is needed to fit the different sizes of carriage-tops.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' The bent or curved arm B, attached at one end to one of the arms a, and passing around the joint or hinge E, and one of said arms having a number of holes at one end to attach the joint-head A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 'Witnesses:

J onN A. MACK, JACOB P. FAwcErT. 

